ron@argus.UUCP (Ron DeBlock) (04/25/88)
In article <4538@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes: > [] > [Complaints about (lack of) speed of PC-Ditto.] > Anyone with experiences of the ST (native) WP? Can you print to a Laser > printer from it? Save as Postscript? Gem Metafile? > > - Moshe Braner ST WordPerfect is reasonably fast. They have obviously not used the built-in screen handlers, since the screen updates far faster than I've seen in other programs. Included with WP is a 37 page file about printers, moving from one end to the other takes about 3 seconds. Yes, you can print to a laser printer. No, you can not save as postscript. No, you can not save as a Gem Metafile. If you get ST WP and expect full GEM support and a standard GEM interface, you will be very disappointed. It is a port of their MS-DOS product, and it shows. The interface is good as it is, but it is different. The mouse is supported for every operation, and the menus are fairly straitforward. I just bought my copy a week and a half ago, and haven't used it for anything serious yet. The dealer gave me a copy of the 1/29/88 upgrade (not sure of the legality of this) since the one in the box was the first release. I haven't had any problems with crashing with the 1/29 version since the first day, but I was also messing around with reset-proof ramdisks that day. WP and the ramdisks did not seem to get along very well (lockups, etc). I have not hd problems since, and none of the problems were reproducable. I'll look into this further when I have time. WP is far more powerful than any other word processor for the ST that I've tried. I'm willing to put up with a non-standard interface as a trade-off. WP has standard GEM menus and, in some places, standard windows and dialogs. It's a good user interface as it stands, but there is some "culture shock" when first using it. You can also totally ignore the GEM interface if you know WP for MS-DOS - it will work the same way. -- Ron DeBlock KA2IKT 213 River Dr. ...!rutgers!galaxy!argus Lk Hiawatha, NJ 07034 ron@wilbur.njit.edu (201) 316-6807 "Oooo...that's mean!" "No, just average."